Prepare the Streusel: In a bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, and cold butter. Cut in butter using a pastry blender or your fingers until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in chopped walnuts. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Prepare the Batter: In a large bowl, whisk together cornmeal, cake flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
In a separate bowl, whisk together buttermilk, melted butter, and vanilla bean paste.
Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. In another bowl, whisk egg yolks until light and fluffy.
Gently fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just combined. Fold in the egg yolks. Gently fold in the beaten egg whites.
Heat your waffle iron according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Pour the appropriate amount of batter onto the hot waffle iron and cook until golden brown and crispy.
Sprinkle waffles with Black Walnut Streusel while still warm. Serve immediately with a dollop of Crème fraîche and a drizzle of maple syrup.
Ingredients
4
1 cup128 gFine cornmeal-organic
3/4 cup96 gCake flour
1/4 cup50 gGranulated sugar
2 tsp10 mLBaking powder
1/4 tsp1.25 mLBaking soda
1/4 tsp1.25 mLSea salt
1 cup237 mLButtermilk-full fat
1/4 cup57 gUnsalted butter-melted and cooled
2N/ALarge eggs-separated
1 tsp5 mLVanilla bean paste
1/2 cup60 gAll-purpose flour
1/4 cup50 gPacked light brown sugar
1/4 cup57 gCold unsalted butter-cubed
1/2 cup60 gBlack walnuts-roughly chopped
1/2 cup113 gCrème fraîche
2 tbsp30 mLMaple syrup-grade A dark amber
Equipment
Large bowl
Whisk
Waffle iron
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
Pastry blender
Mixer
Instructions
Prepare the Streusel: In a bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, and cold butter. Cut in butter using a pastry blender or your fingers until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in chopped walnuts. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Prepare the Batter: In a large bowl, whisk together cornmeal, cake flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
In a separate bowl, whisk together buttermilk, melted butter, and vanilla bean paste.
Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. In another bowl, whisk egg yolks until light and fluffy.
Gently fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just combined. Fold in the egg yolks. Gently fold in the beaten egg whites.
Heat your waffle iron according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Pour the appropriate amount of batter onto the hot waffle iron and cook until golden brown and crispy.
Sprinkle waffles with Black Walnut Streusel while still warm. Serve immediately with a dollop of Crème fraîche and a drizzle of maple syrup.
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